Immanuel Kant Theory Of Knowledge

According to a German philosopher Immanuel Kant, “emotions are entirely distinct from reason and rationality. They do not yield knowledge” (Blum, 1980). Reason and emotion have been viewed as distinct entities of the human mind for a long time. with reason being accepted as the more consistent and objective way of knowing by a lot of people. The implication of the prescribed statement that reason can only work that emotions works so well is argumentative. Since reason and emotion are the biggest matters to be considered to answer the question, ethics is the first area of knowledge that comes to my mind. Ethics is “the moral principles governing or influencing conduct” (“Theory of Knowledge”) or/and “the branch of knowledge concerned with moral principles” (“Theory of Knowledge”). As people try to justify their actions and their …show more content…
However, with the human sciences, theoretical knowledge is largely used, dealing largely with facts rather than with values. Take the study of the effectiveness of various learning strategies in the cognitive sciences as an example. Henry Roediger, an American scientist, ran experiments on the effectiveness of repetitive study versus retrieval practice on memory retention. He asked students to learn 70 Swahili English word pairs through different learning strategies, and then testing their performances by a quantitative test a week later. These kind of experiments follow a systematic procedure of hypothesis, observation and measurement; using inductive and mathematical reasoning to process the data and come to conclusions. As in Roediger’s experiment, there is a need for controlled parameters, contained experiments and quantitative measures. Emotion is usually less considered in these scientific experiments, where systematic methodology plays bigger role than personal interpretation and subjectivity. Although there are certain experimental issues, reason plays the biggest